Originally Posted by
DeadHead
Been sitting on the sidelines just reading this thread, but I find it highly unlikely an aircraft of that size would be able to penetrate anywhere near a high profile target within the US. I mean there are so many radar facilities that would have to miss and/or otherwise ignore it.
Africa is the exception here because of minimal radar coverage and a lack of intercept ability, but after that what route could these would-be terrorists use to sneak into US airspace?
Just hypothesizing here...
That's what I mean. What if this aircraft is in Africa somewhere being prepared for an attack. Sure it's far fetched, but at the beginning of all this most suspected in-flight breakup due to the previously damaged wing or a standard bomb. No one ever thought it would come to the point it has today.
I just find it highly unlikely that someone hijacked the plane just to run it into the water 6hrs later unless of course you are right and a struggle ensued later on that resulted in the aircraft being driven into the water.